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DJIBOUTI — The Heads of State and Government of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) today convened an Extraordinary Summit via Video Conference to deliberate on a regional IGAD strategy to combat the spread of the Corona Virus (COVID-19) in the region. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Sudan …

MOGADISHU — UNHCR, The UN Refugee Agency welcomes a USD 1.7 million grant from the government of Japan in support of its humanitarian efforts in Somalia. Japan’s latest funding will provide UNHCR with critical funds to deliver services to a total of 15,500 displaced people including refugees, asylum seekers, returnees, …

MOGADISHU — The Somali government has suspended local flights in the country till further notice on Saturday. The move is aimed at curbing the spread of coronavirus from the capital to the countryside. A statement from the ministry of transport and civil aviation noted the airline operators that the ban …

MOGADISHU — Somalia is sending over 20 doctors to help fight coronavirus in Italy, the country where the virus has claimed the most lives. Ismail Mukhtar Orongo, a Somali government spokesman, told Anadolu Agency over the phone on Friday that the doctors are volunteers from Somali National University in the capital …

MOGADISHU — The United Nations in Somalia confirms that an employee of a commercial contractor engaged by the United Nations has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The contractor has been in quarantine for eight days prior to diagnosis and medical professionals are interviewing the individual to trace …

MOGADISHU — Somali Minister of Health, Fawzia Abikar Nur confirms 2nd case of Coronavirus in Somalia after a press conference held in Mogadishu and calls the public to be cautious and avoid public gatherings. According to the Minister, the patient who is asymptomatic come from Italy before 10 days and …

STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s Somali community is being hit particularly hard by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, with at least 6 of the 15 victims who have died of the disease so far in Sweden being of Somali background. Somalis in Sweden are complaining that they received information from the authorities too …

MOGADISHU — A cargo flight carrying protective and medical equipment donated to Somalia by Chinese billionaire and Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma to help it tackle the coronavirus has on Tuesday arrived at Aden Adde international airport in the Somali capital Mogadishu. The medical equipment donated includes testing kits, protective clothing, …

DUBAI — Since the COVID-19 outbreak, now officially a pandemic, began in December, schools and educational institutions have closed worldwide, interrupting the lives and education of millions of children and youth across the globe. This is why the Somali-American model Halima Aden has teamed up with UNICEF on a project that …

MOGADISHU — Over 16,000 cases of Tuberculosis (TB) were recorded in Somalia in 2019, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said warning there are many unreported cases in the country. The global health organization said Tuesday in marking the World TB day there were close to 40,000 new infections in …